JAYAPURA—The Papua Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD) ensures that budget efficiency does not disturb the rights of State Civil Apparatus within the local government.

"The Papua Regional Budget has been cut by IDR 291 billion due to the mandate of Presidential Instruction Number 1 of 2025, but the rights of employees are still safe," said Acting Head of BPKAD Papua, Alexander Kapisa.

Kapisa emphasized that employee rights such as salaries and Employee Income Supplement (TPP) are still paid. "Salaries and TPP remain safe because they are allocated from the free General Allocation Fund (DAU) and Regional Original Revenue (PAD)," he said.

Meanwhile, Kapisa said that the Papua Provincial Government will optimize the Regional Original Revenue to maintain the stability of routine spending, including TPP payments for 8,352 employees.

"This is part of the Papua Provincial Government's strategy to deal with budget efficiency," added Kapisa.

It is known that the Papua Provincial Government must cut the budget by IDR 291 billion from the total Regional Budget of IDR 2.7 trillion.

This cut includes various budget components, with the biggest impact on the mandatory General Allocation Fund (DAU) for infrastructure which was cut by IDR 181.68 billion.

In addition, the Special Allocation Fund (DAK) was also affected, including road DAK of IDR 65.99 billion, food DAK of IDR 5.17 billion, and fisheries DAK of IDR 19 billion. The Papua Special Autonomy Fund was also cut by IDR 19 billion. ***